North Carolina's Most Affordable Cities Are A Secret
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- Wow! Who would have know these places were right under our noses?
Everybody wants to move to North Carolina. Well, not everybody, but a lot of people do. You can’t blame people - word is out about all the cost of living and nice weather and limited political BS. Folks are coming here from all over the midwest, northeast and as far away as India. And they seem to love it here.
But as you know, the cost of living is getting higher everywhere. And people’s preferences have changed - we don’t necessarily want to live in big cities like Raleigh or Charlotte. Maybe we want affordable, smaller towns with space, huh people?
So that’s what we’re going to do in this video. I’ve used data, word of mouth and my own personal knowledge of North Carolina to put together a list of ten places here that you can move to which a lot of people probably don’t know about. But one promise - you have to Shhh! and not tell everyone about these places. Cause they won’t be cheap awesome amazing small places if word gets out, right?
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The best video on this topic!
I was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, right next to New Bern. New Bern's a nice city and its the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola! Very important city :)
I considered moving to Cherry Point just to be close to New Bern. Haven't gotten to NC yet but it'd be nice.
I just left New Bern, what a great place!
This is right on time brother!!!!
Thank You sooo much!!!
Always enjoy the ride. Thank you Nick and have a blessed week!
Hey Nick!!! You do such a great job on these videos...ALWAYS well done....thank you!!
Exactly right on the nose with Hendersonville. Great town and very nice people. Would definitely be my choice in NC
Hendersonville one of the highest places on the list.
I appreciate all the hard work that you put into these videos!
Please make a video just like this about Tennessee..if you already have thank you.we love your videos...and thank you again for telling it like it is .
Hey Nick happy Monday, I have visited Morganton it is a lovely town.... As well as hickory, I do enjoy Black mountain and swannanoa... I really appreciate your videos it gives me direction as I am close to making a lifestyle change from New York State to the Blue ridge mountains... Thank you
Ha! I’ve lived in Fuquay for 12 years having moved from Wale Forest where I was raised with a brief residence in Asheville. Love Fuquay but I’d move back to WF in a hot minute :).
Great video!
I grew up in Western NC, and this video has made me a little bit homesick!
I am glad you missed several of the best towns to live in NC. People don't really know the true value of peace, quietness and the ability to leave your door unlocked at night without worries. So keep following the money. Most of the problems in life tend to go that route,
I live in Wilmington. Left keys in car n door unlocked or open all night while we slept more times then I could count. Yes I been robbed, but it was by a supposed friend.
@@miajoyce9205thats the way it goes out here
(Yes. Thank you)
Indeed! We moved to Elkin from Ohio 3 years ago. Best decision we have ever made!
Awesome vid Nick!!!! God bless you!!! I am in Winston-Salem, unfortunately, but looking elsewhere. Wanted to go to the Oregon coast, but I like some sunny weather at least.
Thank you Captain Johnson!
Bro it's so crazy you posted this because I'm literally looking for somewhere to live in North Carolina and I'm actually taking a bus there tom and wow I just saw you uploaded. My mind is blown. Thank you for everything ! Keep being amazing!
Better buy in before this video goes viral!
@@kdegraa Good point! I actually just got in North Carolina lol
Thank you! I am moving here in August and am excited to start the next chapter in my life!
Don’t rely on what he said.
as an NC local have a love hate relationship with your videos, Nick. You're so fun to watch!!!
I'm just thankful he didnt mention the town I'm moving to soon. He can keep telling people to pour into Kernersville lol. I'm out of here soon, thank God!
Thx. Good info. NC is nice. Great Folks.
love nc. My gf and I visited my aunt in hickory and fell in love with the mountains. So we bought 4.5 acres in Ferguson. In a place called leatherwood to build our home. Such a quiet tranquil place. Can’t wait to be there
I moved from New Jersey to Kernersville in 2012. Our youngest flourished in the schools here. East Forsyth high school is home to a state championship football program. It’s a growing town with cheaper taxes than some areas. Some quaint restaurants and brew pubs as well.
Nick. You are definitely correct. Hendersonville is top notch. I am in Anderson, SC now, but my ex wife and I raised our kids in Hendersonville. It is a fabulous town and a great place to live. Thanks as always. I always enjoy your videos.
Keep up the good work
Thank you, excellent video. I've subscribed and will share this.
You mentioned my town! Pinehurst/Southern Pines is a nice place. Fayetteville is only a little closer than Raleigh. You can get up to Raleigh in just over an hour. Not too bad.
I've lived in New Bern for almost a year and a half now. Came from Tennessee and love it here. So many fun water activities. Great area for beach-hopping to the Crystal Coast or going out on a kayak. Temperatures are pretty reasonable too for the most part. Side note, it's also a great place to drive a minimoto (Honda Navi in my case) around town throughout the streets of the area.
I just bought some land there, very excited to start building. Will be bringing some kids along.
It's a good place to raise a family, lots of festivals that happen here also.
I am originally from New Bern, it's not on the sound, but yes New Bern is a great place to live and raise a family.
Are there alligators in New Bern???
Would you mind sharing why you left Tennessee? I am considering both TN and NC to retire but I am leaning towards NC. My only concern is the cost of living for retirees but I like everything else about NC.
Great job! As a North Carolina resident, it's nice to know there are other parts of the state that might be potential less expensive retirement options in the near future. Thanks.
Loved North Carolina when I was in the Navy. I was never stationed there, but in places like South Carolina and Virginia. Who knows, I may have to retire out there if we can't sort out our water situation out west. I have been to Morehead city a couple of times to pick up Marines. haha, that sounds wrong the way I worded it. My ship was picking up the marines, not me. I would probably live in Western North Carolina if I lived there though.
None of these places are less expensive.
Thanks Nick great video sir.
I have actually heard of these places in NC from the STARZ Outlander series / Diana Gabaldon books. They’re the homesteads of families who migrated to Colonial America from the Scottish Highlands.
Go to many of these places and you will see people know of these places
Can't wait to watch this one! Great job again, Nick.
Great job and you haven't even watched it yet?
@@NickJohnson Haha yes. Just finished. I've been subbed to your channel for awhile so I know your content is solid. Glad you left Rolesville off of this list. ;)
great video. Thanks Nick.
Love your videos! Thanks
Please make a video about affordable, secret, cities or towns that you can mostly do without a car such as walkable and bikeable and relatively safe at least.
ok :)
@@NickJohnson thanks :)
Yes, and for those on a fixed income also without a car.
You’re a goofball! Can’t thank you enough for your NC updates on places to live. We will be relocating to NC in the next couple years and all your guidance is coming in very handy. Thanks so much
Awesome and informative. Thanks!
Great video! I do have to say I love WNC because of its mountains, trails, springs and nature. I currently live in Leicester which is like a "suburb" of Asheville and really like it. You get the nature and tranquility oppose to Asheville which has grown tremendously. Actually, it's to much. Traffic has become a problem plus the homeless community is another. Don't get me wrong, I have sympathy toward them but the trash, drugs and disorder they cause has escalated big time in the last couple of years, sad. But if you what peaceful living try one of Asheville's suburb.
Back in the days I was a healthcare traveler I did a short stint in Hendersonville while I was housed in Asheville. Loved the area and it was one of my favorite assignments. I would second considering Hendersonville. My youngest brother moved from Rochester, NY to Clemmons, just south of Winston-Salem. when their youngest attended University of NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem for stage lighting and sound studies. My nephew graduated and got a great job, with excellent career potential in Florida. My brother is still in Clemmons and really likes it there.
Pazuzu Algarads scared people from moving to Clemmons. That entire story had forever hung a dark cloud over the area.
I love your commentaries, and the fact you show the unknown small towns. I could never live in a big city. The bums, traffic, cost of living and especially the crime automatically scares me off. Make a video on small towns near MOUNTAINS. That's what we're looking for after we move out of overrated Florida.
The list here isn’t unknown. You want unknown, go to Shelby, Forest City, Kings Mtn or other actual small towns that are far more affordable than the list here.
@@AMC-ym6qi It is unknown cuz most people I've talked to have never heard of them. If you live in the area then it obviously you already know about them. For outsiders they are unknown.
@@Jedi_Luke in the title it says secret which means unknown. However, Shelby is far from unknown as it host the American Legion World Series every year, many know Earl Owensby, the Fil maker, made movies around the area for years. Outsiders absolutely know of Cleveland County and those cities named as we see them move into neighborhoods here. Regardless, not one of the cities listed here are a SECRET nor affordable. Hickory may be the exception but there a lot of reasons why people wouldn’t want to live there.
@@AMC-ym6qi I haven't heard of any of those events you named, so there's that. Again for people from big cities, ya know LA, New York, Miami, Houston etc. People who have lived in huge metropolitan areas their whole life haven't hear of no Hendersonville, I'll bet my Lexus on that. You also missed the part where I said nobody I've talked to has heard of any of these cities. We moved from Florida to Greenville SC and only found out about it from UA-cam. The guy who made the video obviously didn't literally mean secret because people can Google anything these days. In the Internet age NOTHING is a secret. He meant just less talked about mostly unknown places. There's places I can name to you in Florida that are well known to locals but unknown to you. It's clear you don't approve of his video so just click thumbs down and move on with your life, bud. Wasting your time trying to tell a total stranger what's known and unknown is pointless, when I've already said I never heard of these places. I came here because these cities are unknown to me. Simple as that. You've coved every topic and I disagreed. You're WAY overthinking this. I hope you don't feel the need to go on and on all week over irrelevant things like this. Please goodness no.
Thanks. Great video.’ Love Boone and Blowing Rock.
Two places that are definitely not a secret and not affordable
Hendersonville is a Great place. I lived their for a few years, only draw back for me was lack of jobs, and a decent wage. As i am reaching retirement I would move back to Hendersonville in a heartbeat. Beautiful down town, very friendly safe area. I was glad you ranked it #1 as I sure would. I have visited most of the towns you mentioned in this video Boone is a nice place. Burnsville much smaller but a neat town. Fayetteville of course its a military town, not recommended. Brevard and Weaverville are very cool places also.
Homeless population in Hendersonville is growing
Thank you. I had to watch 5 videos before finding your video. Non of them showed the areas and talked about prices. That’s what we want to know. Thank you.
I am never disappointed. I love Morganton... I can't believe you exposed her.....I wonder if Sunshine made it... daughter just moved from New Bern to Wilmington. Marine Life. Hooorah! ♡.....
Awesome video i was thinking of southern pines because i have family who live in pinehurst and jackson springs but im still a year out still looking
Dude I love these videos. Just caught me off guard with that intro song and made me bust up. Keep it up.
I have lived in both North Carolina and Tennessee. I now live in West Virginia and it is AWESOME here. Way cheaper, nicest people and gorgeous mountain views. It is a no brainer!
Tell him to do westchester ny
@Lee Morrison What's the job market in your area in West Virginia?? Do you live in Charleston, Wheeling or Huntington?
Maybe one day Daniel :)
The more this is advertised the more that landscape will change. More people = more woods and free land bulldozed to accommodate a population spur. Do you really want that? I'd suggest keep these areas a secret to avoid an unnecessary population boom that will turn these areas into high cost ones.
I've lived in Jane Lew. That was a nice sleepy little one light town. WV is beautiful but still too much winter there. I made Hickory NC home. Stuck in Michigan right now.
Thanks for the vid, subbed!.. only a part of the way in the vid, but I'm interested in north or SC, within an hour of Tryon, NC.
So soothing to watch ❤️
I love videos like this!! Waiting for the 4 sections of upstate NY secret affordable cities.
None of ny is “affordable”
@@Glibzer western NY can be pretty cheap... NYC and that metro area are completely unaffordable tho
Keep it secret and less populated
I am from a rural area in the Finger Lakes. Probably one of the most beautiful places in the country with something for everyone. My family still lives there,moved because winters were too rough for me. My brother is a realtor in Cayuga County. There are good jobs out there. My son does well at Lockheed Martin in Syracuse. which is not far from his home. If you can take the winters, it is wonderful.
Statesville, NC and Hickory, NC come to mind.
I moved to Asheville when I retired. Got here after housing costs jumped, but still a bargain compared to living in the DC area. You are correct about Hendersonville, if we move again it would be Hendersonville. Otherwise, it might be living the expat life in Mexico.
@@NinjaBooKitty I was born in Mexico, I have a birthright to live there. People are in constant migration. I am not from the US, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico or any other place I’ve called home ….. I’m from EARTH. Get over it.
I checked out moving to Asheville, but after visiting I hate it.mso crowded and overdeveloped. Pollution traffic and alot of homeless. Some acted like they were drug addicts. Loved Morganton. Very laid back and not far from the Linville Gorge. I'm looking at houses in Morganton.
@@jamesclark9992 Morgantown is a nice town. Close to SC and Strawberry Hill, the best ice cream on the planet. Good luck. I live on the side of a mountain, 15 minutes from downtown Asheville. I have access to cultural & entertainment, my Mountain View’s are off the charts, which is why I moved here.
Booo marshall better
As a Tarheel whose Family has been on the same farm in Harnett County since 1780, I SMITE you Nick Johnson. We used to have these people in a containment area. Better know as C.A.R.Y.
"Containment Area for Relocated Yankees" When we had them all in Cary N.C. everybody was Happy. Now you're telling them to come and live all over the State. You should have a date with the Woodshed boy.
Stop it
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Now that's a true Tarheel native if I ever heard one, right here yall!
You are so right. The Cary, Durham, and Raleigh crowd are pouring into Sanford right now as well. Its getting out of hand, and now a ONE bedroom apartment in Sanford is $1,000+. Used to get a TWO bedroom one for under $800. 😩
I moved away back to Kernersville and its even worse.
@@MollyMcBooter WOW
AMEN BROTHER
Agree Brian. NC State grad from the early 80's. Used to drive to Carter Finely through Cary because nothing was there. Now it's a fuster cluck and getter more fustered by the day. Same thing where I live in Catawba County around the Lake Norman area. All is lost.
Moved to Greenville NC from Chicago 10 years ago and still here. Though, we’re now looking to move to the West side of NC or Tennessee. Beware of the very very humid summers of on the east side of NC. It’s like getting slapped in the face with a wet towel as soon as you step outside. Other than that, it’s great. New Bern’s downtown is super cute
Move west before the mountains and you’ll see the humidity is just as bad
Heyyyyy my hometown of New Bern made the list and it's a beautiful town guys great place to raise kids
I've got 69 years of living in NC. All you picked were great except Boone. I've seen it become a great place to be in (up to about 2010) to a huge college town full of year round tourist. Not a place you would want to settle down for the quite little town mountain life. Bumper to bumper most anytime, any season. Other towns I would add to your list would be Wilksboro, Lexington (you got to love their BBQ) and Salisbury, home of Cheerwine. Also Kannapolis is really cleaning up it's act downtown.
I don't like Boone or Asheville either. At all. I was just visiting Danbury and Hanging Rock yesterday and would rather live somewhere like that and have to drive 20 minutes to get groceries, than somewhere like Boone or Asheville lol!
Excellent comment/ input!
Nick I watch most of video s. Your information is awesome especially my home state North Carolina..Thank for mentioning a town in North Carolina.
Any info on Newton, Maiden or Lincolnton? Keep up the awesome work
Rutherfordton NC should have been in your list for sure. It is AMAZING.
Nick -about Hendersonville. It is in a flood plain. Right now it has had at least 10 days of constant rain. Sections of the city, at the lower elevations, have to be flooded. I'd consider Hendersonville, except my natural fear is buying a home and experiencing a flood that wrecks property big time.
I grew up in New Bern, live in Raleigh now. Every time I go to see family I love crossing the bridge and seeing the city on the water. Stay away from Havelock it's a jenky trash military town. It seems safe, but a major drug problem with young people.
Mee tooo I'm a new bernian also implanted into Raleigh love my hometown....
Southern Pines and Pinehurst are very nice towns. If you're a local or live near by (i.e Robeson County), you know they're similar to Fayetteville though. I'd still choose Moore County over Cumberland County ANY day of the week. Better doctors, love the downtown area, and some of the best small shops and restaurants and as you said, a lot of retirees. But at least you can walk your dog in peace.
I lived in Morganton while going to school at WPCC. I'd move back if we had more family out that way!
I've heard of Hendersonville. it's about an hour away from my former home Spartanburg. ❤ ❤❤. I miss it soo much. I need a hug.
just moved from maine to mocksville and we are loving it!
Near the coast is better. Just go about 20 miles inland and its usually cheaper. I lived in Jacksonville, NC and was only 17 minutes away from the ocean. It was cheaper to live there and I like the community and all the little communities near the ocean that not to far to drive to. Up and down the coast from Atlantic Beach, NC to Emerald Isle, NC. Which are my favorite spots. But love it all North Topsail Beach and more.
Me and the wife really appreciate your videos they are really helping us to zoom in on different cities to live. We have watched 2 of your videos on best places and 1 on worst places but is there a section of NC that has the best year round weather and get least amount of storms? We live in Schenectady NY and tired of crime and bad weather.
I grew up in Greenville. We had relatives in New Bern. Nice little town.
I live 10 mins from morganton in the small town of hildebran. it's a nice area, but not much to do around here. it does have nice beautiful spots, but has its fair share of sketchy areas as well.
Asheboro, especially if your an artist/craftsman I would suggest also.
I would love to see you include Shallotte NC in your nice places to live lists. Thanks!
Moved to Boone from Montana myself…. Life changing! 🎉
Happy Mother's Day Nick! 💐🌹
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are you really telling a man ''happy mother's day''? lol
Having lived in Phoenix for many years, we are looking to move back to NC, so this is a timely video. Also looking at places south of Charlotte in South Carolina.
Population growth is booming and prices are getting up there. Beware of traffic in most places. Spend some time in the area you are considering.
@@jong4939 I lived in Charlotte in the 80's and have been back several times. It is definitely a different city. Unfortunately, wherever you move these days, there seems to be traffic congestion with home prices soaring.
I live in the phoenix area too and moving back to NC next week . This place is running out of water .
@@paulvonauch9419 Tied into that, APS and SRP have said they will not have enough energy after 2024 as the dams are drying up and they are not able to set up alternative forms (like solar) fast enough to meet future demands.
I highly recommend renting first! This is far from the place you left. Over populated is an understatement, traffic is terrible and cost has sky rocketed. Hoping myself and my family will be able to move from NC in about a year. It has become to much in almost every aspect.
I love your videos. Hilarious and accurate
Great video! I am not currently looking for a home. I live in North Carolina, it is a beautiful, and amazing state. I agree with all the points you had. Nature here is fantastic. I have a friend who was stationed in Jacksonville, originally from California. He moved back to California, but he always says the beaches here, are better than cali. I am fond of the wilmington beaches, they happen to have a nice blue tint for the ocean water.
I will agree with that 100%. I am originally from NJ and miss the east coast beaches! We moved to WA 23 years ago and vacation on CA and while I absolutely love the weather and no bugs, I prefer most east coast beaches. People think I am crazy! Lol
Wrightsville beach clearer n more blue then carolina beach
Love that jingle in the beginning
I was just in Southern Pines today! It’s very family friendly and I would move there if I could. I live in Fayetteville…
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Love your NC videos
My husband and I relocated to New Bern and absolutely love it here!
Very informative video. Looking for an area that is within 90 minutes of our rural homestead in Charlotte County, VA and some of these meet the requirements. Thanks.
Great content 🤗
You the man...love the channel
Just bought a house in Coats NC. Small Town that runs through 55, and still only 40 mind from Raleigh
I’ve lived in the Wake Forest area most of my life and it is very overpopulated now. Definitely not the small town it was. The traffic is getting pretty crazy as well. There are some amazing spots downtown like Shorty’s though that are worth it to visit! Also I don’t believe it’s all that affordable for housing anymore. Constantly throwing up new developments making Wake Forest become Wake De-Forest 😭
I used to skip school and go to Shorty’s :)
I lived down there in Wake Forest for a little over a year and a half in the mid/late 2000s. I just went through it recently and my God has it exploded. It was mildly busy but quiet before, now it seems like it's getting really crowded.
That happens most places.
I haven’t been to New Bern in a bit, but from what I remember it was a cute little spot to be, I remember loving that little Pepsi spot in town
😂 helpful and very entertaining! ❤
The issue of living in coastal towns is the hurricanes. New Bern is a nice town; however, it got flooded pretty bad not too long ago. Boone is nice town to visit, but doesn't have a very good job market. My dad from the foothills of NC. I always enjoy passing by Hickory and Morganton. They are very nice towns nearby the mountains, country folks, and great food. Overall, agree with your picks!
I hope New Bern doesn't get flooded again like it did in 2018..before I moved here. I heard it was pretty bad in areas like Trent Woods, James City, downtown New Bern
I have dreamed of living in Havelock and New Bern for years, but the hurricanes are a bit of a detour. Ironically i currently live in Charleston 😂
Looking to move to either NC or SC... And I agree about the coastal areas and the threat of hurricanes. I'd rather be near the mountains.
Downtown new Bern got flooded awful not many years ago.
@@genox3636 Just go inland from the coast. I lived 20 miles inland and really didn't had to worry about hurricanes. You can go a little further in if you want to. I love my short drive to the coast. I'm always there every single weekend. I lived in Jacksonville, NC and also lived in Port Royal, SC. Both near the coast.
I live right outside of Elon and it's so beautiful. I love Alamance county. Great video Nick 👍
Southeast NC🤘🏻 Beaches, Swamps, Creeks, Woods, Farmland and close to Myrtle or Wilmington
Ain't nobody moving to SE NC unless to Wilmington.
@@Christian-vq8rd
People in Onslow County, and Brunswick County, (not including Wilmington) would disagree with you. (Southport, Bolivia, Oak Island, Leland . . . . . ).
Another Gem Nick
Another great video
Banner Elk up in the mountains between Boone & Asheville is another great small town in the state. Might be a bit pricey though.
Taylorsville, quiet little relatively unknown spot. ♡
Fuquay is pronounced Fewquay…just FYI from a resident! Great video!
Fewk•way not "Fook•way". It's never been "rough", just small. In the past 30 years we have gone from having 3 thousand residents to 30 thousand.
Obviously not from NC if he is pronouncing it that way.
Nooo don't drive the price up in Hendersonville!
First, thank you Nick. We relocated to NC from Marina Del Rey, CA. Hendersonville was my first pick back in June, with Wake Forest and Hillsborough a close second behind. But we ended up in Waynesville for various reasons. We are also 15 miles from Sylva / Dillsboro which is like heaven on earth! It's like that show 'The Good Place'. Can't get any better..
Haywood county👍
Sylva Jackson County I was born and raised in southern Jackson County..live in Spartanburg SC now.
Love this!
Love! Love! Love! North Carolina! You’re pretty cute, too, Nick!
I was in 3 of those towns today. Hendersonville, Boone and Wake Forest.
The median home prices must have forgotten to listen to your video. We checked out Hickory, Morganton and Hendersonville this week. Stayed in Asheville for a night, homes there pretty pricy too. I was stationed in NC in the early 2000’s at Bragg in Fayettenam, so to go to the mountains and be able to sit by a fire with a long sleeve shirt on in the evenings was a real treat (we had friends from our native communist NY state who have a brother in Asheville got to visit them for a couple days and that cooler weather was very memorable for me). Upstate NY is a lot like parts of western Carolina and South Carolina, unfortunately our politics and policies have never been the greatest and really have been going down hill for the last ten years or so. The rural people always get outvoted by the downstaters though, and the few cities upstate also tend to vote for those same policies that NYC loves.
Lots of former Upstate and Western NYers now living in the Hendersonville area. Home prices in Hendersonville have gone up a lot the last few years. As a current resident of NY State, I completely agree with you about the current destructive politics in NY State...
Up the 85 corridor in Granville County is the next big thing. It sit above North Raleigh and The city of Durham. There you have Butner, Creedmoor, Stem and the hidden gem of Oxford, NC. The Historical houses and Churches are a must see. A quick walk or drive into town to where theres, Pubs, Ice Cream palors, and Restaurants. House are sitting on acres of land.
I've been to creedmoor.
I agree but it might be too necky for some folks up there.
@@NickJohnson 🤣🤣🤣 They are running out of space in Durham and Raleigh. There is major growth going on in Granville County.
And of course we ll never really know until we move there how it really is. Hendersonville lookin more n more like where Im headed. Moving to NC was always a no brainer for me, sooner the better.
For price and location, I’d say hickory or Morganton would be my #1 picks. Places like fuquay are expensive right now because of the economy. Not much there really but really nice place.
Nick, Love following your videos! I was wondering if you have ever done anything on Murphy, North Carolina? My wife and I have property there and are planning to retire there in the spring of 2023. We have plans to import a Log Home Kit from a New Hampshire Company, Coventry Log Homes, and we are still waiting on a few modifications that we have requested but are hoping to be ready to go with a walkout basement foundation. I researched this town for about a year and a half before even visiting, but from the moment we arrived, it just felt like the right place! If you have any info, I would love for you to point it out for us!